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Why people still believe the myth of tampered Halloween candy

Morning File, Thursday, October 1, 2020

October 1, 2020 By Suzanne Rent 7 Comments

News 1. Nearly 84% of Nova Scotia public schools had elevated levels of lead in water Zane Woodford reports on the results of the testing done on drinking water in schools across Nova Scotia. The results were finally released by the provincial government on Wednesday. And according to the numbers, 84% of public schools in […]

Filed Under: Featured, Morning File Tagged With: candidates' answers, Dalhousie University, Deep Saini, Derek Bellemore, enrolment, Eric Jury, Fenwick Tower, Gillian Batten, halloween candy, Halloween treat tampering, Iain Taylor, Iona Stoddard, Joel Best, John Bignell, Labi Kousoulis, Liberal Party, Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU), Pamela Lovelace, pandemic, Robert Holden, Ronald O'Bryan, The Vuze (Fenwick), Tim Elms

Hooray and up she rises: Morning File, Friday, October 14, 2016

October 14, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 12 Comments

News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Captive whales may be coming to Nova Scotia “An organization planning to build a $15-million sanctuary for captive whales is scouting locations in Nova Scotia,” reports Chris Lambie: The Whale Sanctuary Project has checked out a dozen sites between Lunenberg and Guysborough that could […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Allan McIntosh, Athanasios Tolitis, Chris Lambie, citizenship, Dumaresq and Byrne, Fenwick Tower, Halifax city elections, Lori Marino, Nina Corfu, Robert Devet, Stacey Rudderham, Stephen Archibald, Whale Sanctuary Project

They are not the hell “your” whales: Morning File, Wednesday, October 12, 2016

October 12, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Teachers to hold strike vote “The Nova Scotia Teachers Union will hold a strike vote on Oct. 25, the union said Tuesday,” reports Jon Tattrie for the CBC. 2. Fenwick Tower “Work has been stopped at the Fenwick Tower construction site after debris fell […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bill Turpin, brain size, CSA, Dorothy Grant, Fenwick Tower, Frances Fish, Greg Marquis, gun in the er, Haley Ryan, Halifax Explosion, J.E. (Betty) MacKay, Jon Tattrie, Lori Marino, Middleton, Nova Scotia Nurses Union, Ron Foley Macdonald, Sherri Borden Colley, solar power, Soldiers Memorial Hospital, space and whales, Strand Theatre, teachers, The Birth of a Nation, vehicle/pedestrian collision

Cutting off your nose to spite your face: Morning File, Tuesday, October 11, 2016

October 11, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 6 Comments

News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Glyphosate and the Politics of Safety A few weeks ago, I asked Linda Pannozzo if she could turn her attention to the glyphosate issue. On Friday, she returned with an astoundingly thorough piece of research. There’s much information in her article, but I think it’s […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: American election, bryozoan colony, Convention Centre delay, Eric Bourque, Fenwick Tower, Grant Frost, Joe Metlege, Marla MacInnis, nasothek, nose museum, Premier Stephen McNeil, provincial surplus, Stephen Archibald, teachers

PRICED OUT

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PRICED OUT is the Examiner’s investigative reporting project focused on the housing crisis.

You can learn about the project, including how we’re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on the PRICED OUT homepage.

2020 mass murders

Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

All of the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020, and recent articles on the Mass Casualty Commission and newly-released documents.

Updated regularly.

Uncover: Dead Wrong

In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder. He served 17 years in prison, but steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2019, Glen Assoun was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner founder and investigative journalist Tim Bousquet has followed the story of Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction for over five years. Now, Bousquet tells that story as host of Season 7 of the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong.

Click here to go to listen to the podcast, or search for CBC Uncover on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast aggregator.

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

A blonde woman and a white man with a dark beard, both wearing pajama bottoms and either a red or a pink bra, have a pillow fight on a bed.

Episode 84 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

After a year’s worth of singles and videos, the Halifax duo is finally releasing its first recorded project in the form of FLUTTER, a six-song genre-agnostic EP that’s deeply personal and incredibly catchy. Art Ross and Aaron Green return to the show a year later to dish on their music-industry immersion, why Ross’ sapphic lyrics strike all kinds of chords, and where you can see them this summer.

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